Murder in Manhattan Author:Thomas Chastain, Mary Higgins Clark, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Lucy Freeman, Joyce Harrington, Warren Murphy, Bernard St. James, Whitley Strieber A group of mystery/suspense writers began meeting for dinner once a month at the Bella Vita restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Brought together by Thomas Chastain and Mary Higgins Clark, they called themselves Adam's Round Table, after one of the restaurant owners who made available to them a round table in the back room. Among them th... more »ey have produced over a hundred novels, including several best sellers and winners of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Thomas Chastain, Mary Higgins Clark, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Lucy Freeman, Joyce Harrington, Warren Murphy, Bernard St. James and Whitley Strieber are nothing less than a suspense counterpart to the humorists of the Algonquin Round Table. Not since the heydey of that legendary group has so much talent come together on a regular basis, with so much pleasure and profits to the world of books.« less